Tuberculosis Among Artisanal Miners in the Mulongo Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo: Unmatched Case-Control Study

Josué Mutangala Muloye   ¹ , MD, MPH ;   Fiston Ilunga Mbayo   ^{2, 3} , MD, MPH ;   Jacques Muteba Kakoma   ⁴ , MD, MPH ;   François Kitobo Mashika   ⁵ , MD, MPH ;   Jean Claude Banze Kabwe Ilunga   ⁴ , MD, MPH ;   Pacifique Kanku Wa Ilunga   ⁴ , MD, MPH ;   Gloire Kasongo Lupitshi   ² , MD, MPH ;   Didy Lwamba Kabiya   ⁶ , MD, MPH ;   Paulin Beya Wa Bitadi Mutombo   ⁷ , MD, MPH, PhD

¹ Health Zone of Lwamba, Lwamba, Haut Lomami, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

² School of Public Health, University of Malemba Nkulu, Malemba Nkulu, Haut Lomami, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

³ General Reference Hospital of Malemba Nkulu, Malemba Nkulu, Haut Lomami, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁴ University of Kamina, Kamina, Haut-Lomami, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁵ Provincial Health Division of Haut-Lomami, Kamina, Haut Lomami, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁶ Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Kamina, Kamina, Haut Lomami, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁷ School of Public Health, Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the